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San Francisco, April 18, 1906, San Francisco, California

San Francisco, April 18, 1906, San Francisco, California

Picryl description: Public domain image of San Francisco earthquake and Great Fire, 1906, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Aftermath of the San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906

Aftermath of the San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906

Title devised. Purchase; Genthe Estate; 1942 or 1943. Arnold Genthe (1869-1942) was a German-born American photographer who is best known for his photographs of San Francisco's Chinatown and the 1906 earthquak... More

Mission San Juan Bautista, Monastery, Second Street, San Juan Bautista Plaza, San Juan Bautista, San Benito County, CA

Mission San Juan Bautista, Monastery, Second Street, San Juan Bautista...

See also HALS CA-84 for additional documentation. Survey number: HABS CA-38-4-B Building/structure dates: HABS CA-38-4-B National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 69000038

Mauna Loa Road, Volcano, Hawaii County, HI

Mauna Loa Road, Volcano, Hawaii County, HI

Significance: The Hawaii Volcanoes National Park road system provides access to active volcanoes and related landscapes along with varied ecosystems and archaeological sites. It represents the traditional NPS ... More

Mauna Loa Road, Volcano, Hawaii County, HI

Mauna Loa Road, Volcano, Hawaii County, HI

Significance: The Hawaii Volcanoes National Park road system provides access to active volcanoes and related landscapes along with varied ecosystems and archaeological sites. It represents the traditional NPS ... More

Hilina Pali Road, Volcano, Hawaii County, HI

Hilina Pali Road, Volcano, Hawaii County, HI

Significance: The Hawaii Volcanoes National Park road system provides access to active volcanoes and related landscapes along with varied ecosystems and archaeological sites. It represents the traditional NPS ... More

Hilina Pali Road, Volcano, Hawaii County, HI

Hilina Pali Road, Volcano, Hawaii County, HI

Significance: The Hawaii Volcanoes National Park road system provides access to active volcanoes and related landscapes along with varied ecosystems and archaeological sites. It represents the traditional NPS ... More

San Francisco Fire Department, Pumping Station No. 2, Van Ness Avenue at Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Fire Department, Pumping Station No. 2, Van Ness Avenue ...

Significance: A well preserved, representative example of an early 20th century Steam powered water pumping station. The site also retains historical significance because of its associations with the city's fi... More

San Francisco Fire Department, Pumping Station No. 2, Van Ness Avenue at Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Fire Department, Pumping Station No. 2, Van Ness Avenue ...

Significance: A well preserved, representative example of an early 20th century Steam powered water pumping station. The site also retains historical significance because of its associations with the city's fi... More

San Francisco Fire Department, Pumping Station No. 2, Van Ness Avenue at Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Fire Department, Pumping Station No. 2, Van Ness Avenue ...

Significance: A well preserved, representative example of an early 20th century Steam powered water pumping station. The site also retains historical significance because of its associations with the city's fi... More

Ruins of San Francisco, Nob Hill in foreground, from Lawrence Captive Airship, 1500 feet elevation, May 29, 1906

Ruins of San Francisco, Nob Hill in foreground, from Lawrence Captive ...

H72361 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: Chicago. Copyright deposit; Geo. R. Lawrence Co.; June, 1906.

Peak House, 322 South Second Street, Manhattan, Riley County, KS

Peak House, 322 South Second Street, Manhattan, Riley County, KS

Significance: The Peak House was determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places in 1990 because of the building's architectural characteristics reflecting distinctive type, period, and method ... More

Peak House, 322 South Second Street, Manhattan, Riley County, KS

Peak House, 322 South Second Street, Manhattan, Riley County, KS

Significance: The Peak House was determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places in 1990 because of the building's architectural characteristics reflecting distinctive type, period, and method ... More

Peak House, 322 South Second Street, Manhattan, Riley County, KS

Peak House, 322 South Second Street, Manhattan, Riley County, KS

Significance: The Peak House was determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places in 1990 because of the building's architectural characteristics reflecting distinctive type, period, and method ... More

Peak House, 322 South Second Street, Manhattan, Riley County, KS

Peak House, 322 South Second Street, Manhattan, Riley County, KS

Significance: The Peak House was determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places in 1990 because of the building's architectural characteristics reflecting distinctive type, period, and method ... More

Panorama from St. Francis Hotel,  Panoramic Photograph

Panorama from St. Francis Hotel, Panoramic Photograph

H78297 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Pillsbury Picture Co.; May 28, 1906. No. 237.

The Burning of San Francisco, April 18, view from St. Francis Hotel

The Burning of San Francisco, April 18, view from St. Francis Hotel

H77132 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Pillsbury Picture Co.; May 10, 1906; DLC/PP-1906:42912. Copyright claimant's address: 1070 Broadway, Oakland, California. No. 102.

The Burning of San Francisco, April 18, view from St. Francis Hotel

The Burning of San Francisco, April 18, view from St. Francis Hotel

H77132 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Pillsbury Picture Co.; May 10, 1906; DLC/PP-1906:42912. Copyright claimant's address: 1070 Broadway, Oakland, California. No. 102.

Sesnon House, 6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos, Santa Cruz County, CA

Sesnon House, 6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos, Santa Cruz County, CA

Significance: The age and early mission-style design of Sesnon House is unique to Santa Cruz County, and the building pre-dates similar grand country homes in the area by 10 to 20 years. The interior construct... More

Sesnon House, 6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos, Santa Cruz County, CA

Sesnon House, 6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos, Santa Cruz County, CA

Significance: The age and early mission-style design of Sesnon House is unique to Santa Cruz County, and the building pre-dates similar grand country homes in the area by 10 to 20 years. The interior construct... More

City Hall, Civic Center, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

City Hall, Civic Center, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Significance: One of the most elegant civic buildings in the US. It was designed by Arthur Brown, Jr., and his executive partner, John Bukewell, Jr., after a competition held in 1912. The building was effective... More

City Hall, Civic Center, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

City Hall, Civic Center, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Significance: One of the most elegant civic buildings in the US. It was designed by Arthur Brown, Jr., and his executive partner, John Bukewell, Jr., after a competition held in 1912. The building was effective... More

No. 2, Panorama of the ruins in the valley that sweeps from Russian Hill to Telegraphs Hill, showing Alcatraz Island in the distance. Supplement to San Francisco Examiner, July 14, 1906

No. 2, Panorama of the ruins in the valley that sweeps from Russian Hi...

F43920 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Theodore Kytka; July 17, 1906.

Copper River & Northwest Railroad, Million Dollar Bridge, Spanning Copper River at Miles Glacier, Cordova, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Copper River & Northwest Railroad, Million Dollar Bridge, Spanning Cop...

Significance: One of two "impossible bridges" across the Copper R., one of unprecedented size and strength, built across the faces of two glaciers and key to the success of the CR&NWRR, which was to be the All ... More

Haleakala National Park Roads, Pukalani, Maui County, HI

Haleakala National Park Roads, Pukalani, Maui County, HI

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Haleakala National Park road system provides access to the summit and crater of the dormant volcano, Haleakala, showcasing striking views and native Hawaiian... More

Haleakala National Park Roads, Pukalani, Maui County, HI

Haleakala National Park Roads, Pukalani, Maui County, HI

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Haleakala National Park road system provides access to the summit and crater of the dormant volcano, Haleakala, showcasing striking views and native Hawaiian... More

Haleakala National Park Roads, Pukalani, Maui County, HI

Haleakala National Park Roads, Pukalani, Maui County, HI

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Haleakala National Park road system provides access to the summit and crater of the dormant volcano, Haleakala, showcasing striking views and native Hawaiian... More

Haleakala National Park Roads, Pukalani, Maui County, HI

Haleakala National Park Roads, Pukalani, Maui County, HI

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Haleakala National Park road system provides access to the summit and crater of the dormant volcano, Haleakala, showcasing striking views and native Hawaiian... More

Haleakala National Park Roads, Pukalani, Maui County, HI

Haleakala National Park Roads, Pukalani, Maui County, HI

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Haleakala National Park road system provides access to the summit and crater of the dormant volcano, Haleakala, showcasing striking views and native Hawaiian... More

Faro de Punta Borinquen, Punta Borinquen, Borinquen, Ponce Municipio, PR

Faro de Punta Borinquen, Punta Borinquen, Borinquen, Ponce Municipio, ...

Significance: The original lighthouse was built in 1889 in position 18* 29' 26" N - 67* 9' 43" W, very close to the sea in a low sandy point. In 1918 Puerto Rico experienced an earthquake which had its epicente... More

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco...

also CAL, 38-SANFRA-137-A- San Francisco Railway: Cable Car Powerhouse & Barn Significance: The last operating cable railroad in the world. Representative of an important type of urban transportation system in... More

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco...

also CAL, 38-SANFRA-137-A- San Francisco Railway: Cable Car Powerhouse & Barn Significance: The last operating cable railroad in the world. Representative of an important type of urban transportation system in... More

Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, Los Angeles County, CA

Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, Los Angeles Coun...

Significance: When built the Littlerock Dam was the tallest reinforced concrete multiple arch dam in the world. For over fifty years it has provided water for the South Antelope Valley and contributed to the v... More

Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, Los Angeles County, CA

Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, Los Angeles Coun...

Significance: When built the Littlerock Dam was the tallest reinforced concrete multiple arch dam in the world. For over fifty years it has provided water for the South Antelope Valley and contributed to the v... More

Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, Los Angeles County, CA

Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, Los Angeles Coun...

Significance: When built the Littlerock Dam was the tallest reinforced concrete multiple arch dam in the world. For over fifty years it has provided water for the South Antelope Valley and contributed to the v... More

Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, Los Angeles County, CA

Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, Los Angeles Coun...

Significance: When built the Littlerock Dam was the tallest reinforced concrete multiple arch dam in the world. For over fifty years it has provided water for the South Antelope Valley and contributed to the v... More

Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, Los Angeles County, CA

Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, Los Angeles Coun...

Significance: When built the Littlerock Dam was the tallest reinforced concrete multiple arch dam in the world. For over fifty years it has provided water for the South Antelope Valley and contributed to the v... More

Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, Los Angeles County, CA

Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, Los Angeles Coun...

Significance: When built the Littlerock Dam was the tallest reinforced concrete multiple arch dam in the world. For over fifty years it has provided water for the South Antelope Valley and contributed to the v... More

Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, Los Angeles County, CA

Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, Los Angeles Coun...

Significance: When built the Littlerock Dam was the tallest reinforced concrete multiple arch dam in the world. For over fifty years it has provided water for the South Antelope Valley and contributed to the v... More

Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, Los Angeles County, CA

Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, Los Angeles Coun...

Significance: When built the Littlerock Dam was the tallest reinforced concrete multiple arch dam in the world. For over fifty years it has provided water for the South Antelope Valley and contributed to the v... More

Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, Los Angeles County, CA

Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, Los Angeles Coun...

Significance: When built the Littlerock Dam was the tallest reinforced concrete multiple arch dam in the world. For over fifty years it has provided water for the South Antelope Valley and contributed to the v... More

Arnold Genthe - San Francisco, April 18, 1906

Arnold Genthe - San Francisco, April 18, 1906

Title from a similar image in: Genthe's photographs of San Francisco's old Chinatown / photographs by Arnold Genthe ; selection and text by John Kuo Wei Tchen. New York : Dover Publications, 1984, pl. 120. Purc... More

Arnold Genthe - San Francisco, April 18, 1906

Arnold Genthe - San Francisco, April 18, 1906

Title from a similar image in: Genthe's photographs of San Francisco's old Chinatown / photographs by Arnold Genthe ; selection and text by John Kuo Wei Tchen. New York : Dover Publications, 1984, pl. 120. Purc... More

Foot of Market Street, showing earthquake upheaval, San Francisco, Cal.

Foot of Market Street, showing earthquake upheaval, San Francisco, Cal...

Picryl description: Public domain image of San Francisco earthquake and Great Fire, 1906, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Charred corpse of a victim of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire

Charred corpse of a victim of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a damaged, burned, or destroyed building, natural disaster, war destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Arnold Genthe - On the ruins (April 1906), Chinatown, San Francisco

Arnold Genthe - On the ruins (April 1906), Chinatown, San Francisco

Picryl description: Public domain image of a damaged, burned, or destroyed building, natural disaster, war destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Sutter St. up from Grant Ave.]

[Sutter St. up from Grant Ave.]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a damaged, burned, or destroyed building, natural disaster, war destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Market Street and Turk Street after the earthquake and fire, San Francisco, California]

[Market Street and Turk Street after the earthquake and fire, San Fran...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a damaged, burned, or destroyed building, natural disaster, war destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Looking up California St. from Sansoney [i.e. Sansome] St., San Francisco, Cal.

Looking up California St. from Sansoney [i.e. Sansome] St., San Franci...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a damaged, burned, or destroyed building, natural disaster, war destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Arnold Genthe - On the ruins (April 1906), Chinatown, San Francisco

Arnold Genthe - On the ruins (April 1906), Chinatown, San Francisco

Title from a similar image in: Old Chinatown : a book of pictures / by Arnold Genthe ; with text by Will Irwin. New York : M. Kennerley, 1913, p. 3. Alternate titles from a similar image in: Pictures of old Chi... More

Steps that lead to nowhere (after the fire)

Steps that lead to nowhere (after the fire)

Public domain photograph of city street, buildings, cityscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Union Square and St. Francis Hotel, San Francisco, Cal.

Union Square and St. Francis Hotel, San Francisco, Cal.

Picryl description: Public domain image of San Francisco earthquake and Great Fire, 1906, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906]

[San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906]

Picryl description: Public domain image of damaged, burned, or destroyed buildings, natural disaster, fire destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

San Francisco, April 18, 1906, San Francisco, California

San Francisco, April 18, 1906, San Francisco, California

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of San Francisco earthquake and Great Fire, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[Crowd on Grant Ave., San Francisco, California, watching building burn(?) during the earthquake and fire of April 18, 1906]

[Crowd on Grant Ave., San Francisco, California, watching building bur...

Copyright by Pillsbury Picture Co. No. 8. Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[View of building after earthquake and fire, San Francisco, California]

[View of building after earthquake and fire, San Francisco, California...

Six men in foreground face the damaged 7-story building. Copyright by Casey & Clancy, San Francisco, Cal. No. 1.

San Francisco from Lawrence Captive Air Ship, 800 feet above 4th & Mission Sts.

San Francisco from Lawrence Captive Air Ship, 800 feet above 4th & Mis...

H111069 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Geo. R. Lawrence Co.; May 26, 1908. Photographer's address: Chicago.

San Francisco from captive airship, 1908

San Francisco from captive airship, 1908

H111013 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Geo. R. Lawrence Co.; May 25, 1908. Copyright claimant's address: Chicago.

Helena, Montana. Demolition of buildings damaged in 1935 earthquakes

Helena, Montana. Demolition of buildings damaged in 1935 earthquakes

Public domain photograph of life in the United States in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Seismicity of the earth, 1960-1980 /

Seismicity of the earth, 1960-1980 /

VA 145-832 U.S. Copyright Office "Copyright c1982 Rebecca M. Espinosa and Marie Tharp." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Aerial view of a portion of the San Andreas fault in California's Sierra Madre Mountains, midway between Bakersfield and Santa Barbara

Aerial view of a portion of the San Andreas fault in California's Sier...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. The geological fault runs roughly 810 miles through California. It forms the tectonic boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate. Cre... More

Panorama view of ruins of San Francisco from St. Francis Hotel

Panorama view of ruins of San Francisco from St. Francis Hotel

H78301 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Pillsbury Picture Co.; May 28, 1906; DLC/PP-1906:42933. No. 236.

San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906

San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906

Title devised. Purchase; Genthe Estate; 1942 or 1943. Arnold Genthe (1869-1942) was a German-born American photographer who is best known for his photographs of San Francisco's Chinatown and the 1906 earthquak... More

Mission San Jose de Guadalupe, Mission & Washington Boulevards, Fremont, Alameda County, CA

Mission San Jose de Guadalupe, Mission & Washington Boulevards, Fremon...

See also HALS CA-75 for additional documentation. Significance: Restored remains of Fourteenth Mission founded by Franciscan Fathers in Alta, California. Site consecrated June 11, 1797. Church and most of the... More

Mission San Juan Bautista, Monastery, Second Street, San Juan Bautista Plaza, San Juan Bautista, San Benito County, CA

Mission San Juan Bautista, Monastery, Second Street, San Juan Bautista...

See also HALS CA-84 for additional documentation. Survey number: HABS CA-38-4-B Building/structure dates: HABS CA-38-4-B National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 69000038

Mission San Juan Bautista, Monastery, Second Street, San Juan Bautista Plaza, San Juan Bautista, San Benito County, CA

Mission San Juan Bautista, Monastery, Second Street, San Juan Bautista...

See also HALS CA-84 for additional documentation. Survey number: HABS CA-38-4-B Building/structure dates: HABS CA-38-4-B National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 69000038

Mauna Loa Road, Volcano, Hawaii County, HI

Mauna Loa Road, Volcano, Hawaii County, HI

Significance: The Hawaii Volcanoes National Park road system provides access to active volcanoes and related landscapes along with varied ecosystems and archaeological sites. It represents the traditional NPS ... More

Photograph of San Francisco in ruins from Lawrence Captive Airship, 2000 feet above San Francisco Bay overlooking water front. Sunset over Golden [Gat]e

Photograph of San Francisco in ruins from Lawrence Captive Airship, 20...

Copyright claimant's address: Chicago. Copyright deposit; Geo. R. Lawrence Co.; 1906. Exhibit loan 4105-L. Exhibited in: Documenting disaster: photographs of the 1906 San Francisco earthquakes and fire, San Fra... More

San Francisco Fire Department, Pumping Station No. 2, Van Ness Avenue at Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Fire Department, Pumping Station No. 2, Van Ness Avenue ...

Significance: A well preserved, representative example of an early 20th century Steam powered water pumping station. The site also retains historical significance because of its associations with the city's fi... More

San Francisco Fire Department, Pumping Station No. 2, Van Ness Avenue at Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Fire Department, Pumping Station No. 2, Van Ness Avenue ...

Significance: A well preserved, representative example of an early 20th century Steam powered water pumping station. The site also retains historical significance because of its associations with the city's fi... More

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Roads, Volcano, Hawaii County, HI

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Roads, Volcano, Hawaii County, HI

See Thurston Lava Tube, HALS HI-6, for additional documentation. Significance: The Hawaii Volcanoes National Park road system provides access to active volcanoes and related landscapes along with varied ecosyst... More

Sketches of Louisville and its environs : including, among a great variety of miscellaneous matter, a Florula louisvillensis or, a catalogue of nearly 400 genera and 600 species of plants that grow in the vicinity of the town, exhibiting their generic, specific, and vulgar English names ; to which is added an appendix, containing an accurate account of the earthquakes experienced here from the 16th December, 1811, to the 7th February, 1812, extracted principally from the papers of the late J. Brookes. Esq.

Sketches of Louisville and its environs : including, among a great var...

Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sketches of Louisville and its environs : including, among a great variety of miscellaneous matter, a Florula louisvillensis or, a catalogue of nearly 400 genera and 600 species of plants that grow in the vicinity of the town, exhibiting their generic, specific, and vulgar English names ; to which is added an appendix, containing an accurate account of the earthquakes experienced here from the 16th December, 1811, to the 7th February, 1812, extracted principally from the papers of the late J. Brookes. Esq.

Sketches of Louisville and its environs : including, among a great var...

Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mission San Juan Bautista, Church, Second Street, San Juan Bautista Plaza, San Juan Bautista, San Benito County, CA

Mission San Juan Bautista, Church, Second Street, San Juan Bautista Pl...

See also HALS CA-84 for additional documentation. Survey number: HABS CA-38-4-A Building/structure dates: 1803-1812 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1906 Subsequent Work Building/structure date... More

Sesnon House, 6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos, Santa Cruz County, CA

Sesnon House, 6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos, Santa Cruz County, CA

Significance: The age and early mission-style design of Sesnon House is unique to Santa Cruz County, and the building pre-dates similar grand country homes in the area by 10 to 20 years. The interior construct... More

Sesnon House, 6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos, Santa Cruz County, CA

Sesnon House, 6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos, Santa Cruz County, CA

Significance: The age and early mission-style design of Sesnon House is unique to Santa Cruz County, and the building pre-dates similar grand country homes in the area by 10 to 20 years. The interior construct... More

Aftermath of the San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906

Aftermath of the San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906

Picryl description: Public domain image of San Francisco earthquake and Great Fire, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Lassen Volcanic National Park, Loomis Seismograph Station, Mineral, Tehama County, CA

Lassen Volcanic National Park, Loomis Seismograph Station, Mineral, Te...

Survey number: HABS CA-2114-K Building/structure dates: ca. 1916 Initial Construction

The Burning of San Francisco, April 18, view from the Merchant's Exchange Bld.

The Burning of San Francisco, April 18, view from the Merchant's Excha...

H76813 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Pillsbury Photo Co.; May 9, 1906. No. 100.

Faro de Punta Higuero, Punta Higuero, Centro Puntas, Rincon Municipio, PR

Faro de Punta Higuero, Punta Higuero, Centro Puntas, Rincon Municipio,...

Significance: In 1892 the original light was built as a fixed white 6th order station with a 6 mile range light beam. It was a singular piece of design and construction similar to Guanica Light. The most stri... More

No. 5, Panorama of the western addition and the Mission, showing the ruins of the City Hall and St. Ignatius College, with Twin Peaks and Strawberry Hill in the distance. Supplement to San Francisco Examiner, Aug. 5, 1906.

No. 5, Panorama of the western addition and the Mission, showing the r...

F44257 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Theodore Kytka; July 31, 1906.

Haleakala National Park Roads, Pukalani, Maui County, HI

Haleakala National Park Roads, Pukalani, Maui County, HI

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Haleakala National Park road system provides access to the summit and crater of the dormant volcano, Haleakala, showcasing striking views and native Hawaiian... More

Haleakala National Park Roads, Pukalani, Maui County, HI

Haleakala National Park Roads, Pukalani, Maui County, HI

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Haleakala National Park road system provides access to the summit and crater of the dormant volcano, Haleakala, showcasing striking views and native Hawaiian... More

Haleakala National Park Roads, Pukalani, Maui County, HI

Haleakala National Park Roads, Pukalani, Maui County, HI

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Haleakala National Park road system provides access to the summit and crater of the dormant volcano, Haleakala, showcasing striking views and native Hawaiian... More

Faro de Punta Borinquen, Punta Borinquen, Borinquen, Ponce Municipio, PR

Faro de Punta Borinquen, Punta Borinquen, Borinquen, Ponce Municipio, ...

Significance: The original lighthouse was built in 1889 in position 18* 29' 26" N - 67* 9' 43" W, very close to the sea in a low sandy point. In 1918 Puerto Rico experienced an earthquake which had its epicente... More

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco...

also CAL, 38-SANFRA-137-A- San Francisco Railway: Cable Car Powerhouse & Barn Significance: The last operating cable railroad in the world. Representative of an important type of urban transportation system in... More

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco...

also CAL, 38-SANFRA-137-A- San Francisco Railway: Cable Car Powerhouse & Barn Significance: The last operating cable railroad in the world. Representative of an important type of urban transportation system in... More

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco...

also CAL, 38-SANFRA-137-A- San Francisco Railway: Cable Car Powerhouse & Barn Significance: The last operating cable railroad in the world. Representative of an important type of urban transportation system in... More

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco...

also CAL, 38-SANFRA-137-A- San Francisco Railway: Cable Car Powerhouse & Barn Significance: The last operating cable railroad in the world. Representative of an important type of urban transportation system in... More

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco...

also CAL, 38-SANFRA-137-A- San Francisco Railway: Cable Car Powerhouse & Barn Significance: The last operating cable railroad in the world. Representative of an important type of urban transportation system in... More

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco...

also CAL, 38-SANFRA-137-A- San Francisco Railway: Cable Car Powerhouse & Barn Significance: The last operating cable railroad in the world. Representative of an important type of urban transportation system in... More

Mission San Juan Bautista, Second Street, San Juan Bautista Plaza, San Juan Bautista, San Benito County, CA

Mission San Juan Bautista, Second Street, San Juan Bautista Plaza, San...

Suggested address, Second Street, San Juan Bautista Plaza, is not verifiable in documentation. See also HALS CA-84 for additional documentation. Survey number: HABS CA-38-4 Building/structure dates: ca. 1797- ... More

Mission San Juan Bautista, Second Street, San Juan Bautista Plaza, San Juan Bautista, San Benito County, CA

Mission San Juan Bautista, Second Street, San Juan Bautista Plaza, San...

Suggested address, Second Street, San Juan Bautista Plaza, is not verifiable in documentation. See also HALS CA-84 for additional documentation. Survey number: HABS CA-38-4 Building/structure dates: ca. 1797- ... More

Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, Los Angeles County, CA

Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, Los Angeles Coun...

Significance: When built the Littlerock Dam was the tallest reinforced concrete multiple arch dam in the world. For over fifty years it has provided water for the South Antelope Valley and contributed to the v... More

Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, Los Angeles County, CA

Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, Los Angeles Coun...

Significance: When built the Littlerock Dam was the tallest reinforced concrete multiple arch dam in the world. For over fifty years it has provided water for the South Antelope Valley and contributed to the v... More

Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, Los Angeles County, CA

Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, Los Angeles Coun...

Significance: When built the Littlerock Dam was the tallest reinforced concrete multiple arch dam in the world. For over fifty years it has provided water for the South Antelope Valley and contributed to the v... More

Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, Los Angeles County, CA

Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, Los Angeles Coun...

Significance: When built the Littlerock Dam was the tallest reinforced concrete multiple arch dam in the world. For over fifty years it has provided water for the South Antelope Valley and contributed to the v... More

Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, Los Angeles County, CA

Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, Los Angeles Coun...

Significance: When built the Littlerock Dam was the tallest reinforced concrete multiple arch dam in the world. For over fifty years it has provided water for the South Antelope Valley and contributed to the v... More

Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, Los Angeles County, CA

Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, Los Angeles Coun...

Significance: When built the Littlerock Dam was the tallest reinforced concrete multiple arch dam in the world. For over fifty years it has provided water for the South Antelope Valley and contributed to the v... More

Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, Los Angeles County, CA

Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, Los Angeles Coun...

Significance: When built the Littlerock Dam was the tallest reinforced concrete multiple arch dam in the world. For over fifty years it has provided water for the South Antelope Valley and contributed to the v... More

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